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Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of 'N', visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these 'souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all,the devilish con man Chichikov. Dead Souls, Russia's first major novel, is one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy.
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Nikolai Gogol (1809-52) was born in the Ukraine and left for St Peterburg at the age of 19 where he published a collection of short stories and for a short time held the post of professor of history at the university. Gogol's experience of life in St Petersburg informed his savagely satirical play, The Government Inspector, and a series of brilliant short stories including Nevsky Prospekt and Notes of a Madman. From 1836 to 48, Gogol lived abroad, mainly in Rome, where he was working on his comic epic Dead Souls - a work he wrestled with for the rest of his life before renouncing literature and burning parts of the manuscript shortly before he died.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Although largely composed by Gogol during self-imposed exile in Italy in the late 1830s, this work remains perhaps the most essentially "Russian" of novels. The reader follows Chichikov, a dismissed civil servant turned confidence man, through the countryside in pursuit of his shady enterprise. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001513000
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Condition: Aceptable. : Sumérgete en la Rusia del siglo XIX con 'Almas Muertas' de Nikolai Gogol, una obra maestra de la literatura rusa. Sigue a Chichikov en su peculiar viaje por la campiña rusa, donde busca comprar las 'almas muertas' de los siervos fallecidos para enriquecerse. Esta novela satírica ofrece una mirada crítica y humorística a la sociedad rusa de la época, explorando temas de corrupción, ambición y la condición humana. Con personajes inolvidables y situaciones cómicas, 'Almas Muertas' es una lectura imprescindible para los amantes de la literatura clásica y aquellos interesados en la historia y cultura rusa. EAN: 9780140441130 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Dead Souls Autor: Nikolai Gogol Editorial: Penguin Classics Idioma: en Páginas: 384 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-06-13-a3960104
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 384 pages. text tanned Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls, a comic masterpiece about a mysterious con man and his grotesque victims, is one of the major works of Russian literature. It was translated into English in 1942 by Bernard Guilbert Guerney; the translation. Seller Inventory # 3946f
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